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America’s ‘most famous utterly obscure rock band’

The Rising Storm is a rock band that has been keeping the beat for over 50 years.

Calm Before, the album its six members recorded in 1967 while seniors in high school, is one of the most prized garage-band albums of all time. In 2016, a copy sold for $6,500.

The Storm — all six members still are active — has performed in London, Rotterdam, Hoboken and Boston, where they have played multiple times, including a set in 2014 during the Pipeline! concert series celebrating 50 years of Boston rock.

The Washington Post called the Storm “the most famous utterly obscure rock band in America.”

The All Music Guide to Rock ‘N’ Roll described Calm Before as “one of the rarest and most respected garage band albums.”

Richie Unterberger devoted a chapter to the band in his book, Unknown Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The band was the focus of a July 2017 feature story in The New York Times.

In January 2018, Sundazed Music reissuedCalm Before on vinyl and in CD format. It also is available on Apple Music.

And calm before… the rising storm, a 30-minute documentary movie about The Rising Storm and Calm Before, the album the band released in 1967, had its premiere in August at the second annual Jukebox International Film Festival in Carson City, Nev., where it received first place in the documentary short film category.

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Tracking the Storm

* Sundazed Music has reissued Calm Before on vinyl and in CD format. It also is available on Apple Music. See ‘Shop’ page.

* ‘Frozen Laughter’ — original from Calm Before — is featured in a new movie starring Evan Rachel Wood. The song also has been released on Sky Girl, a foreign compilation.

* Long-awaited vinyl ’45 of two of our best originals has been released by Penniman Records. See ‘Shop‘ page.

* calm before… the rising storm, a 30-minute documentary movie about The Rising Storm and Calm Before had its premiere at the Jukebox International Film Festival, where it received first place in the documentary short film category. It also has been shown at the Santa Cruz Film Festival in California, where it received the award for best short documentary, and at the Doc’n Roll Festival in London. And it will be shown at Festival Sayulita in Mexico.